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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VTHOMAS S. GILBERT, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BASSETT CORSET COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,335, dated November 8, 1881. Application inea May 21,1881. (No moda.)

To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. GILBERT, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declaro the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,- clear, and exact description of the same, and 1o which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, one-half the corset complete; Fig. 2, diagrams of the several parts on a smaller scale; Figs. 3 and 4, parts arranged together. This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, with special reference to makingportions of the corset of a thin or open-wovematerial; and the invention consists in the cnt of the several parts which go to make up the zo whole corset, as shown in the accompanying illustration, and more fully hereinafter` described. i

Ais the front or steel section, cnt intwo thicknesses, of the shape shown; or the ma- 2 5 terial may be doubled at the steel edge.

B is the second section, cnt on its front edge from the point a to the bottomstraight, so as to join a'corresponding part of the irst section A, as seen in Fig. 3. This `section B is 3o preferably cut from the thin or open-wovema terial. i b shows the shape of the two lower parts of the breastgore, as seen in Fig. 3, which a-re also-preferably cut from the open-wore ma- 3 5 terial.

i (Z is the shapefor the upper part ofthe two breast-gores, as seen i'n Fig. 3. Y C is the intermediate section introduced between the two breast-gorcs, and running down 4o between the sections A B, as shown in Fig. 3.

D is the rear section,- also cut from the openwove material; E, an intermediate strip attached to the upper part of the rear edge ot' the section B, and to the upper part of the front edge ofthe section D, as seen in Fig. 4.

`F F are the hip-gores, also preferably cut from the open-weve material, and introduced, respectively, between the sections B D and the strip E, as seen in Fig. 4.. i y 5o G is an overlay of` thick material, extending from the. breastgore line toward the rear,

and meeting a corresponding section, H, which extends forward from the rear, forming a zonelike stay at the waist-line of the corset, the rear of H joining or extending to form the lac- 5 5 ing-edge at the rear.

The breast-sections d are boned or stayed diagonallythat is, from the center downward to the rear, and to the front-as a snpport for the breast. The intermediate section, V6o C, is also stayed.

On the body ofthe corset are several vertical strips, L, of stays, which may be cords, reeds', bones, or other suitable staying material.

By thus cutting the corset I am enabled to introduce the thin material withoutstrain upon it, the entire strain'being taken by the thicker portions; but, as before stated, the parts b,

B, I), and F F may either or all he made of close-woven fabric of a single thickness. i 7o The front of the corset, which consists of the sections A and B with intermediate parts, may be used with a diierent cnt of parts in rear, this cut of the breast portions giving the best possible shape with the greatest comfort to the wearer.

The thicker portions of the corsetthat is,

A, C, d, and E-should be made double, so as to present a double edge, into which the thinner material may be introd need. 8o

I do not broadly claim a corset made wholly or in part of an open-wove materiali, as such,

I am aware, is not new; but l What I do claim isl. Tile front portion of a corset, composed 8 of the sections A B, with intermediate sections, C, and the breast-gore pieces b d b d, the several parts being cut in configuration substantially as described and shown.

2. A corset composed of the sections A B 9o D E, with hip-gores F F between the sections B D, and breast-gore between the sections A B, the several parts being cut in conliiguration substantially as described and shown.

3. A corset composed of the sections AB 4D E, with hip-gores F F between the sections B D, and breast-gore between the sections A B,

`with overlaysG H, substantially as described.

THOMAS S. GILBERT.

Witnesses: v

DAVID TORRANGE, JACOB D. BREWSTER. 

